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+type: "Bill"
+title: "AN ACT relating to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund and declaring an emergency."
+description: "Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a contribution to be made to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund through an income tax refund designation effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026; require the designation to be printed on the face of the individual income tax form; require a description of the trust fund in the individual income tax return instructions; require the Department of Revenue to transfer the funds designated to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to create the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; amend KRS194A.624 to require the Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders to administer the trust fund; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission and to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ky"
+legislature: "Kentucky General Assembly"
+session: "2026RS"
+identifier: "SB 69"
+citation: "Kentucky SB 69 (2026RS)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Administrative Regulations And Proceedings", "Diseases", "Effective Dates", "Emergency", "Fiscal Note", "Health And Medical Services", "Reports Mandated", "Taxation", "Taxation", "Income--Individual"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["B. Storm", "D. Carroll", "J. Adams", "M. Deneen", "R. Mills"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 27
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5653b3a3-3050-43a3-a619-9a73e18b2b2a"
+source_url: "https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/sb69.html"
+source_hash: "e411b71f91738b1c87918c5912769494c68bf297a632e37ce0d0fcccb7bcc1e5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ky"]
+---
+
+# Kentucky SB 69 (2026RS) — AN ACT relating to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund and declaring an emergency.
+
+Create a new section of KRS Chapter 141 to allow a contribution to be made to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund through an income tax refund designation effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2026; require the designation to be printed on the face of the individual income tax form; require a description of the trust fund in the individual income tax return instructions; require the Department of Revenue to transfer the funds designated to the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to create the autism spectrum disorder trust fund; amend KRS194A.624 to require the Advisory Council on Autism Spectrum Disorders to administer the trust fund; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission and to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb69/orig_bill.pdf)
+2. **Acts Chapter 19** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/acts/26RS/documents/0019.pdf)
+3. **Current/Final** (committee substitute) — [source](https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/recorddocuments/bill/26RS/sb69/bill.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Pass — **93–0** (pass) · upper
+- PASS SB 69 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- FINAL PASSAGE OF SB 69 w/ HCS 1 — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- B. Storm — primary (person)
+- D. Carroll — primary (person)
+- J. Adams — primary (person)
+- M. Deneen — primary (person)
+- R. Mills — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** introduced in Senate `introduction`
+- **2026-01-12T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-27T05:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-11T05:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** 2nd reading, to Rules `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-12T05:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, February 13 2026
+- **2026-02-13T05:00:00+00:00** passed over and retained in the Orders of the Day `passage`
+- **2026-02-17T05:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 37-0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** received in House
+- **2026-02-18T05:00:00+00:00** to Committee on Committees (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Committee on Committees (H)
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** 1st reading `reading-1`
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** returned to Committee on Committees (H)
+- **2026-03-13T04:00:00+00:00** to Appropriations & Revenue (H) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** reported favorably, 2nd reading, to Rules with Committee Substitute (1) `committee-passage`
+- **2026-03-19T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 20 2026
+- **2026-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** 3rd reading, passed 93-0 with Committee Substitute (1) `passage, reading-3`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** received in Senate
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** to Rules (S) `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** taken from Rules
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** posted for passage for concurrence in House Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** Senate concurred in House Committee Substitute (1)
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** passed 38-0 `passage`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House `passage`
+- **2026-03-25T04:00:00+00:00** delivered to Governor
+- **2026-04-03T04:00:00+00:00** signed by Governor (Acts Ch. 19) `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5653b3a3-3050-43a3-a619-9a73e18b2b2a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Kentucky legislature records).
+